Michigan's New Dem Governor Is Already Flooding Her Administration With Corporate Interests

Newsletter Top Stories Michigan's New Dem Governor Is Already Flooding Her Administration With Corporate Interests [Splinter]( November 13, 2018 [Michigan's New Dem Governor Is Already Flooding Her Administration With Corporate Interests]( [Democrat Gretchen Whitmer beat Republican Bill Schuette last week in the Michigan gubernatorial election. Whitmer won the Democratic primary in August against two major rivals: Shri Thanedar, a fake progressive grifter, and Abdul El-Sayed, who campaigned on a Bernie Sanders-style platform, backing a public option for internet access and single-payer healthcare. In February, we reported that Whitmer’s campaign benefitted from a letter sent by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, encouraging its employees to support Whitmer by donating to their PAC.]( [LABOR]( [I Never Want to Hear Another Goddamn Word About Cuomo and de Blasio Being 'Progressives']( [Last night, the news broke that—despite months of pretending this wasn’t a forgone conclusion and that the next HQ really could be in Nowhere, USA if the local bureaucrats would just conscript every resident into working in a warehouse—Amazon is expanding to both Long Island City in Queens and Arlington,...]( [LABOR]( [HQ2 Was Just a Sick Test]( [Today, Amazon confirmed what had long been set in stone: New York and Northern Virginia will both be the future homes of its new headquarters, known as HQ2.]( [WHITE HOUSE]( [John Kelly's Time in the White House May Finally Be Coming to an End]( [After months of speculation, it seems as if President Donald Trump may finally pull the trigger and fire White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.]( [Kansas City Health Department Pours Bleach on Food Intended for Homeless]( [On November 4th, the Kansas City, MO Health Department sent police to confiscate food that was to be distributed to homeless people, throwing it in trash bags and pouring bleach on it to make it inedible, Fox 32 reports. The food, including homemade chili, sandwiches, and soup, was being distributed...]( [SPONSORED]( [Get 20% Off Bombas: The Casual Sock Engineered For Comfort & Athletics]( [Bombas are made from breathable, fine-gauge cotton with a Y-stitch to naturally cup your heel. Their stay put grip tech doesn’t slip off and has the ideal amount of elasticity and tension, plus the contour seam eliminates the annoying bump that runs across your toes for all day comfort. Use...]( [MEDIA]( [CNN Is Suing Donald Trump Over His Treatment of Jim Acosta]( [CNN announced on Tuesday that it was filing a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and five other administration officials, after the White House revoked correspondent Jim Acosta’s “hard pass” press credentials last week.]( [TRUMP ADMINISTRATION]( [Trump Reportedly Plans to Fire Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen]( [Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen will be the next Trump Administration official on the chopping block, according to a report from the Washington Post. Trump has reportedly told advisors that he will fire Nielsen in the next few weeks if not sooner, five current and former White House officials told...]( [YOU MAY ALSO LIKE]( [GIZMODO]( [This Deep-Sea Fisherman Is Still Posting His Discoveries and OH GOD THE TEETH WHY DOES IT HAVE TEETH]( [Back in 2016, we introduced you to the photos of Roman Fedortsov, a deep-sea fisherman who posts his discoveries to Twitter and Instagram. The monsters he pulls from the deep are horrifying, to say the least. So it seems like a good time to check back in with Fedorstov’s social...]( [THE CONCOURSE]( [This Is All Donald Trump Has Left]( [President Donald Trump often stands near a helicopter on the White House’s South Lawn while reporters shout questions at him. Certain elements of this ritual are the same every time. The wheedling honk of Trump’s voice and the uneasy tilt of his standing-on-a-hoverboard-for-the-first-time posture are constants, as is his customary...]( [JALOPNIK]( [Nurse Who Cooked His Truck to Help California Wildfire Victims Getting New Truck From Toyota]( [Allyn Pierce really loved his Toyota Tundra, and even had a special nickname and logo for his truck: the Pandra. Pierce is a nurse who managed the ICU of the hospital in Paradise, CA, the site of the state’s deadliest wildfire ever. When the fires were raging, he drove the...]( [ADEQUATE MAN]( [Candy Versus Booze: Who Ya Got?!]( [Today, we’re talking about woke Axl Rose, salt, rich assholes who exercise a lot, and more.]( You made it to the end. Thanks for reading our newsletter! [Visit Splinter]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [Terms of Use]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2018 Gizmodo Media 114 5th Avenue, Floor 2 New York, NY, 10011